Welcome to ESU!

East Stroudsburg Normal School opened its doors on September 4, 1893. Today, ESU is a comprehensive university in northeastern Pennsylvania offering 55 undergraduate programs, 22 master's programs and 1 doctoral program. ESU is one of the 14 institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

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History

The Media Communication and Technology Department began as an offshoot of the Professional Education Department in 1971. The department, then known as “Educational Communications,” originally had three faculty members and two courses: Educational Communications and Television Production. The department was housed in the McGarry Communications Center where the WESS Radio Station is located today. Throughout the 1970’s, Filmmaking, Photography, and Videotaping Techniques were added to the mix. The department also offered an Associate’s Degree in Media Paraprofessional Training.

In 1980, the Bachelor of Science Degree in Media, Communication and Technology was established. Sound Recording, Multi-Image Techniques, Advanced Instructional Graphic Design and Computers in Education were some of the new courses to arrive during the eighties. In January 1982, the old Kemp Library was converted into the current Media Communications Wing; housing darkrooms, computer labs, classrooms and office space. In 1988, the department was officially re-titled into the Media Communication and Technology Department. In the 1990’s, Digital Photography, Motion Media, and Imaging Technologies increased our course offerings, as well as Introduction to Multimedia. In 1999, both of our media classrooms were converted into “Smart Rooms” to help further enrich our courses with instructional technologies.

In 2000, the Instructional Technology graduate degree and Media Specialist Certification programs were added. A new concentration in Technology Integration was developed in 2009 and is now part of the Master’s Degree in Education.

In the summer of 2006, our facilities received a slight renovation. The darkrooms were converted into The Convergence Center, which serves as both a production as well as Instructional Media training facility. Additionally, a new Portrait Studio was constructed and additional office spaces were built. In 2009, the old portrait studio became the High-Definition editing suite, which features Macintosh Video Editing Suites.

In the summer of 2013, we updated our C classroom to create a high end computer teaching classroom that also provides state of the art graduate classes. We also built a new Pro Tools professional quality audio recording studio, with all the technology, including instruments, to allow students to create professional level recordings.

In the Fall of 2013, we began the transition from being called the Department of Media Communication and Technology to Digital Media Technologies. During the Summer of 2014, we completed the renaming process, and also added new tracks to help guide students: photography, video and television, graphics and web, interactive, and generalist.

In the Summer 0f 2015 we upgraded all of the computers in the department to state of the art systems, both PC and Apple. We received Dell workstations with Intel Xeon Processor Six Core E5-1650 v3, 32GB, Dual Nvidia Quadro K4200 4GB graphics cards, and solid state drives. The Apples are 27 inch 5k Retina iMac’s with i7 Turboboost 4.4GHz processors, 32GB memory, and AMD Radeon R9 4GB Graphics cards.

In the Summer of 2016 we upgraded all of our video production equipment with new 4k Panasonic AD-DVX 200 cameras, new HD Sony cameras, new lavaliere and boom mics, Glidecam systems, tracked dolly systems, and other equipment. We also added Chrome books and a new dedicated DMT Creativity media server to replicate industry standard file sharing practices.

Today we offer two undergraduate degrees and 27 undergraduate courses, ranging from TV and video production, graphics and web design to photography, sound and interactive media, as well as graduate courses for majors and post-baccalaureate teacher candidates.